Holiday outings & New Years WT Party

TJ & I had the best Holiday's!! We had about a week and a half off... so we left St. George and headed north to spend Christmas with the Roberts and it was awesome!! Santa had no problem of finding us there!! We enjoyed so much to spend time with our families. . !!! Then we headed up north some more to Boise ( I couldn't miss my girls night slumber party)!! Stayed there for a few days and spent New Years there and then off we went again to make our way home...went back down to the Roberts for a few more days and then finally home..........the only part I didn't like was all the time we had to spend in the car driving...well TJ driving...and me sleeping haha.


Sushi outing with friends & fam was so much fun at our favorite Boise joint Shige's!! Thanks for treating Yuki & Andy.....my mouth is watering just typing this cause I crave it again! I'll be up in March, we will partake again in that!!

Minus the Halo over my head...don't minus it of course there would be one..I'm such an angel...just pointing out the obvious... WHITE TRASH NEW YEARS BASH @ BRI's!!! All of our friends looking dashing...linds' yellow snap in the crotch spands were the best!!! This is why we LOVE Love BOISE!!! Best Friends, Good Times, lots of Laughing and Girls Slumber parties...what could be better..!!!

TJ's Leopard Top with paint stained sweat shorts were hot...so was my looney toons top and lindsay's prego smoker and well you can enjoy the rest....!:)

Hiking Week!!

TJ and I went on the sweetest hike Saturday in Polygamist territory!! Yes I know. . we heard about this hike in Colorado City and we decided to check it out. The top of the hike has a natural water spring that had been filtering water for hundreds of years and it was the best water I have ever tasted. . . i felt like it was the fountain of youth...kind of like tuck everlasting, if you know what I mean. It gets better, there were huge bushes of black berries too!! It took about an hour to get to the top and you basically follow a creek the whole way up. It was BEAUTIFUL!!!

We decided to go off the trail on the way back and just follow the creek down... (TJ idea) and we both had our crocks on and I was slipping left and right, TJ had to catch me multiple times. It was hard and i couldn't stop sliding one time down a big rock and yes injury occured! My thumb got a major scrape to the core of my bone!! I almost couldn't go on, but it was getting dark so we had to book it out of there.

The story goes on. . . on our way back through Polyg city I wanted to stop at a cheese shack, but TJ was scared so we didn't. He's so wimpy. . . so we kept on going and you wouldn't believe it, but we though a concert was getting out with all the trucks and cars going one way. . . turns out the polygs were just getting out of CHURCH!!! They were walking home driving home, it got kind of weird. . !!! If it wasn't dark I would have tried to snap a picture, but the flash might have givin it away in the darkness so I stopped myself from taking a photo of it:) Next time fellow blogger readers.

Earlier in the week, I went and hiked Angels Landing in Zion. Brandon was in town and him and his friend were going up so I tagged along and it was so hard. Not to mention kind of scary, parts there is a chain you can hold on to not fall. So worth it though. Also at the top I was enjoying my snack and out came a little friend to join me!! That little creature just made my day!!!

Sissy's Wedding

July 18, 2008 what a fantastic day!! Yuki & Andy's wedding was a great place to be. It was a Japanese themed reception so my mom and I were in Kimonos and had a great time. Yuki also brought her BSU spirit and supported her blue and orange pumps!! GO BSU. . . ok ok moving on. . Boise is such a good time, we got to spend the weekend with our family and friends!!

I guess I'm saying the 8 1/2 hour drive up to Boise was worth it. On top of that TJ and I got to spend time with our favorite Linds & mamma J haha If I had enough room I would have posted all the pictures Linds and I took at the reception, lets say we had our own photo shoot LOL using any props necessary for the shot, TJ came to join in a few too!! Oh what a great vacation. . .

Then on our way home, Brooke had her baby Bindy just as we were passing Twin Falls so we stopped by hours after the birth of our first niece.. . oh she is so cute and little. Basically this trip was a double whammy on getting to see both sides of our family including our newest member!!

4th of July Celebrations!!

TJ & I got some saweet passes to go to Entrada and golf for a fun day!! Also turns out when you hit your ball in the lava rocks there is absolutely no getting that one back, you basically just see it bounce around for days:) We decided it is amazing!! it was very hot but amazing and if anyone that reads this can get us back on the course just give us a shout!!

Our yearly tradition is to go to Mamma J's house for the 4th of July festivities! It was so much fun seeing all of our best friends and lighting off tons of illegal fireworks. . . oh the trill of doing things against the law.

Every night we spent up in Boise was a night of all night fun!!

Minus the extra long drive to get up to Boise, we were there for a full 2 days and made the best of every second. For a recap.. . . it started with Roaring springs were we hit the fun rides and the lazy river, went and ate sushi for dinner, then all night fun at Brianna's till 3 in the morn. The boys then went fishing down the river early the next morning and almost sunk Gene's boat by running into a tree, and lets just say the tree basically won! TJ's ore was broken and Trav ended up face down in the boat and Brammer was screaming like a girl in the middle!! So while the boys were fishing the girls ( mamma j, lindsay, & I ) made a trip to wal-mart and shopped for the 4th of July party that evening.... after pool fun, bingo and food, the night sky was lit up with spectacular fireworks and then ended with a bon fire!! We then said our good-byes and said see you in two weeks cause we're going back up for my sisters wedding.. . . See everybody soon!! xoxo

Recent Activities

Haven't posted in a while. . . so lots have gone on. TJ and I are still working a lot. TJ got more students because he got his multi engine instructor rating yay (congratulations for him on passing his check ride). I've been promoted to the manager at the restaurant I've been working at... I mean it's nothing to do really with what I went to school for, but right now just thankful I have a job:)

We both miss our friends so much, so when our fabulous friend Brianna notified us she was in Vegas we went to visit her. My sister Yuki is getting married July 18th so we had a family bridal shower in Roosevelt the other day. It was so fun because all my grandma's sisters were in town, well almost all 7 of them were able to some.

There is a lot going on this summer and TJ and I are just loving life!!!

New York City

I went to NYC last week with my family and my families friends from Japan and had the best time ever (other than the fact TJ had to work so couldn't come). We had the ultimate see everything we could NYC experince:) We rented a house in Queens and yes we were like the only white people around. . . especially on the subway...I wanted to take a picture but I didn't want to get shot or something haha. Anyways.... we went to see Chicago on broadway!! Soo good!! Then we walked A LOT and took the subway all over....we took the ferry to Statin Island that went past the Statue of Liberty. . or might I say I was left behind because apparently I had to get a pretzel and when I turned around everyone was gone, don't worry though I jumped on the next on BY MYSELF..jeez. Some spots we hit were, ground zero, went up empire state building, Carnige Hall, Central Park, Time Square, Rockefeller Center, Madison Square Garden, and a couple of Cathedrals. . . so much to see, it was so great.. . What a great time to get away:) Thanks for taking me Mom and DAD.!!

Sophie's Birthday!!

St. Patrick's day is the best day of the year! Because it's my birthday and I get presents!! LOL   This year however, I didn't get to spend it with my usual gang since I'm down in St. George now. That was sad, but celebrating was just as fun with our new friends Jess and Nate:) 

My birthday started out with me going to work, ( I know who works on their birthday right) but I put in my morning shift and then it was game on for celebrating!!  I came home and to my surprised, I opened my my door and right there in front of me laid a set of my very own golf clubs, yes the ultimate present from my wonderful husband!! There was even a cute bow tied around it too!! Then we went and golfed in the fantastic 80 degree weather we had that day....I know it was warm just because it was my birthday!

After that, I was informed that our friends Jess and Nate had made me a birthday cake so we grabbed a pizza and a movie headed over there!! (the confetti cake did not last long though...I just could not stop eating it all week.. thanks Jess now I'm a cow haha)

The other best thing I look forward to all year is my birthday mail!! Thanks to everyone that sent me thoughtful birthday cards and comments and texts all day! I felt like the ultimate birthday queen. TJ kept reminding me that I was 23 and well as I got a year older I was totally excited about it. Who cares if I get older, I got sweet gifts!!!